FESTIVALS: Tallinn Black Nights Hosts European Discovery Directors at Discovery Campus
TALLINN: The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) is working with the European Film Academy (EFA) and FIPRESCI to promote directors nominated as European Discovery as part of PÖFF’s new…
PRODUCTION: Anna Hints in Postproduction with Estonian/French/Icelandic Doc on Womanhood
TALLINN: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, the first long documentary by Anna Hints, is currently in the editing phase. This Estonian/French/Icelandic coproduction has recently received production support from the Sundance Institute Documentary…
First Domestic Premiere After Cinemas’ Reopening Tops Estonian BO
TALLINN: Estonian Funeral by René Vilbre, the first domestic film to premiere after Estonian cinemas reopened on 24 May 2021, ranks first at the box office with 8,803 admissions during…
Estonia Reopens Cinemas
TALLINN: Cinemas and theatres reopened in Estonia on 24 May 2021, as the country has been registering the lowest COVID-19 infection rates in the Baltic States for a month. Cinemas…
Rene Vilbre’s New Comedy Estonian Funeral with Earlier Domestic Release
TALLINN: Estonian Funeral / Eesti matus, the new comedy by popular director Rene Vilbre, will be domestically released on 4 June 2021, earlier than the previously set date of 20…
PRODUCTION: René Vilbre to Direct First Original Viaplay Production from Estonia
TALLINN: Popular Estonian director René Vilbre is set to direct the crime drama Who Shot Otto Mueller?, the first original Viaplay production from Estonia. Tallinn-based Cuba Films is producing.
Finnish Production Starring Teresa Palmer Shoots in Estonia
ESTONIA: Finnish director Taneli Mustonen is currently filming his first English-language horror film The Twin in southern Estonia. This Finnish production starring Australian actress Teresa Palmer and Scottish Steven Cree…
Estonian Government Supports Cultural Sector With 42 m EUR
TALLINN: The Estonian government has announced a 42 m EUR support package for the struggling cultural sector. The film sector will receive 5.3 m EUR, of which 3.3 million EUR…
FESTIVALS: Tallinn Black Nights 2021 Opens Submissions
TALLINN: The 25th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has opened submissions to the main programme as well as to its short film, animation, and children’s film sister…
Tallinn Black Nights Launches Online Cinema
TALLINN: The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival launched a year-around online cinema on 6 March 2021. The launch began with the screening of five films of the Women's Nights Film…
Estonia Closes Cinemas Again As Infection Rates Rise
TALLINN: The Estonian government will close cinemas based on a new set of restrictions approved on 25 February 2021. Cinemas and other cultural establishments are ordered to close as of…
FNE Market Analysis 2020: ESTONIA
TALLINN: The year 2020 was an extraordinary year for the Estonian film industry. The coronavirus pandemic had a devastating effect on the industry and cinema attendance all over Europe. However,…
Cinemas in Estonia Reopen with Limited Capacity
TALLINN: Cinemas in Tallinn and the Ida-Viru County have been allowed to reopen since the beginning of February 2021, with a cap of 50 percent occupancy.
MM Grupp Abandons Purchase of Forum Cinemas in Estonia
TALLINN: The Estonian Competition Authority announced on 19 February 2021 that MM Grupp OÜ’s purchase of Forum Cinemas OÜ has been broken off as the parties decided to abandon the…
PRODUCTION: Estonian Director Triin Ruumet In Preproduction With Second Feature Dark Paradise
TALLINN: Triin Ruumet, whose bold debut feature The Days That Confused won a Special Jury Prize in Karlovy Vary’s East of the West programme in 2016, is starting preproduction on…
GRANTS: Estonian Film Institute Gives Production Grants for Three Features
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has distributed a total of 1.412 m EUR to three feature films: Dark Paradise, 8 Views of Lake Biwa and Stairway to Heaven.
Releases of Estonian Films Postponed Due to COVID-19
TALLINN: Estonian feature films have postponed their December 2020 releases and moved the premieres to the beginning of 2021, due to the new restrictions and increase in COVID-19 cases.
FESTIVALS: France Takes Top Prizes at Estonia’s Just Film Kids Fest
TALLINN: Two French films won the top awards at the 2020 Just Film festival of children's films, which was held under the banner of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.…
Estonian Animation Studio Launches IPO
TALLINN: The Estonian animation and interactive content studio IMEPILT Studios will launch an IPO in Tallinn. The offering will take place on the Nordic platform Nasdaq First North, which is…
FESTIVALS: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Hands Out Ten Awards
TALLINN: Ten projects received awards at the Industry @ Tallinn & Baltic Event ceremony held on 26 November 2020. More than 850 guests attended the week of online presentations, with…
